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Last week, the WordPress project issued an update that had a flaw in it. It was caught almost immediately and within a few hours a patch was released. As WordPress states in their blog (https://wordpress.org/news/2018/02/wordpress-4-9-4-maintenance-release/), the 4.9.3 release of WordPress â€świll cause sites that support automatic background updates to fail to update automatically, and will require action from you for it to be updated to 4.9.4."

Why is the 4.9.4 release so important? Updating to 4.9.4 is important, because it allows your site to get automatic security updates without any intervention from you. If you do not take action and update your site to 4.9.4, when new security patches are released, your site will remain vulnerable. It's for that reason that we're writing you today, because we believe it's critical to take action.

You have several ways you can update your WordPress site so that it continues to receive updates. We have listed them below. You can also open a ticket at scarletsweb.com and ask us to do it for you.

Three ways to upgrade to 4.9.4:

1. Log into your WordPress Administration area and under Dashboard > Updates, click "Update now."2. If you have command line access, you can use WP-CLI and run wp core update and it will take care of everything for you.3. You can manually use sFTP to download the latest version from WordPress.org and use sFTP to upload it to your site. (Be sure not to overwrite your wpconfig file or your /wp-content folder.)